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Cycle News 1986 12 17

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SUCCESS BREEDS SUCCESS. In 1986, Team Honda's Rick Johnson, David Bailey and Micky Dymond devastated the competition. They won every National Motocross Championship-the 1~5, 250, 500 and Supercross. And they did it riding production-based HondaCRs. Writers for the leading motocross magazines weren't exactly astonished by Team Honda's success. After all, they had tested production CRs and said: The CR125R's "smooth power, excellent forks, firstrate comfort and precise control make it the best 1986 125cc motocrosser from Japan:' * The CR250R's "motor, chassis and suspension raise this Honda head and shoulders above everything else that's come before:' * * . The CR500R is "the most serious, best-suspended, besthandling, fastest, easiest-toride Open-class motocross bike weve tested to date:' * * * Success like that would make just about anybody happy. But we know that yesterday's victories don't win tomorrow's races. That's why we've taken the best motocross bikes you can get, and made them better. INTRODUCING THE '87CRs. The power king of motocross, the CR500R, has an even better powerband for 'frl-smooth, tractable and,

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